Micro-blogging patents
From en.swpat.org
In August 2009, the Twitter micro-blogging service was accused of software patent infringement by TechRadium.
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[edit] In the USA, no tweeting emergencies
The police in Australia can use twitter for emergencies,[1] and government Ministers in the UK are encouraged to use it for crises[2] but if TechRadium's patents are upheld, emergency procedures will have to begin with a request for permission to use these patents:
- US 7,130,389
- “digital notification and response system”
- US 7,496,183
- “method for providing digital notification”
- US 7,519,165
- “method for providing digital notification and receiving responses”
[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org
- Example software patents
- audio-video patents
- Webpage and web service patents
- XML patents
- Image processing patents
- Software patents in the financial sector
[edit] Press coverage
- 2009-08-06: Emergency alert provider sues Twitter over patents
- 2009-08-06: BBC: US firm sues Twitter over patents
- 2009-08-06: Wired: Patent Lawsuit Threatens to Clip Twitter’s Wings
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.e-legal-gathering.co.uk/forum/news/2070-new-south-wales-police-use-twitter.html
- ↑ http://www.empirechronicles.co.uk/2009/07/28/government-urge-ministers-to-use-twitter
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